A day after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh unveiled a roadmap for alround developemnt of the northeast, Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar asked the central government to allocate adequate funds for the project.
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Thursday, July 3
UNPA keeps Congress waiting over n-deal
by
Bhavesh
on Thu 03 Jul 2008 06:35 PM IST
A coalition of regional parties including the Samajwadi Party Thursday raised 'doubts' on the India-US nuclear deal and sought a national debate on the issue, dealing a blow to the Congress-led government's bid to stay afloat
Left will 'have to' pull out: CPI
by
Bhavesh
on Thu 03 Jul 2008 06:25 PM IST
The Left parties will 'have to' withdraw their support to the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government and will decide the modalities of how to go about it Friday, said Communist Party of India (CPI) general secretary A.
Om Parkash Chautala, the charmer
by
Bhavesh
on Thu 03 Jul 2008 06:21 PM IST
Mulayam Singh Yadav, chairperson, UNPA, is not known to have a glib tongue. After an over four-hour brain-wracking session with his colleagues in the alliance, he looked and sounded dreary as he spoke to mediapersons.
BJP to convince smaller parties to go against government
by
Bhavesh
on Thu 03 Jul 2008 06:10 PM IST
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) indicated Thursday it would not shy away from putting a spanner in the Congress' efforts to garner support of parties outside the ruling United Progressive Alliance (UPA).
Amar Singh denies seeking ministers' removal
by
Bhavesh
on Thu 03 Jul 2008 06:05 PM IST
The Samajwadi Party denied Thursday that it had sought the removal of two senior cabinet ministers in exchange for its support to the Congress-led government.
BJP shutdown: clashes in some states, quiet in others
by
Bhavesh
on Thu 03 Jul 2008 06:03 PM IST
It acquired an ugly communal edge in Madhya Pradesh where two people were killed and led to highways being blocked and trains being stopped elsewhere -- the BJP-VHP shutdown against the decision to cancel land.
Time running out, no n-deal after September: Ackerman
by
Bhavesh
on Thu 03 Jul 2008 05:55 PM IST
With political impasse persisting over the nuclear deal, US Congressman Gary Ackerman Thursday asked India to conclude the next steps before September, failing which it will be virtually impossible for the US Congress to endo.
Samajwadi Party buys time, Congress confident of numbers
by
Bhavesh
on Thu 03 Jul 2008 05:40 PM IST
The Congress party's hopes of a quick resolution of the political crisis receded Thursday with the Samajwadi Party delaying its final decision on backing the government, saying it needed to consult independent minded scientis.
Navjot Sidhu seeks apology from Pranab, officials
by
Bhavesh
on Thu 03 Jul 2008 05:37 PM IST
Member of Parliament Navjot Singh Sidhu Thursday asked Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee to seek an apology from External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee and initiate breach of privilege proceedings against officials.
Mulayam quotes Kalam to say n-deal in national interest
by
Bhavesh
on Thu 03 Jul 2008 05:27 PM IST
Samajwadi Party leader Mulayam Singh Yadav quoted former president A.P.J. Abdul Kalam to say that the nuclear deal was in India's interest as the party veered around to supporting the Manmohan Singh government in its political.
CPI-M blames Congress for current crisis
by
Bhavesh
on Thu 03 Jul 2008 05:21 PM IST
The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) has squarely blamed the ruling Congress party for the current crisis over the nuclear deal that threatens to topple the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government.
President to visit women's first education institute
by
Bhavesh
on Thu 03 Jul 2008 05:15 PM IST
President Pratibha Patil will arrive here Friday on a three-day visit, her first to the city after she assumed the country's highest office, to attend a function at India's first, over a century-old education institution for women.
Congress may delay IAEA approach, monsoon session
by
Bhavesh
on Thu 03 Jul 2008 05:09 PM IST
The ruling Congress was Thursday mulling whether the government's chances of survival would brighten if the IAEA approach was delayed and parliament's monsoon session pushed to mid-August.
Samajwadi Party to declare support at noon Friday
by
Bhavesh
on Thu 03 Jul 2008 05:08 PM IST
Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav is scheduled to meet Congress president Sonia Gandhi around Friday noon and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh later in the day and is expected to offer his party's support to the embattle.
BJP, VHP nationwide shutdown affects trains, highways
by
Bhavesh
on Thu 03 Jul 2008 12:51 PM IST
Several highways across the country were blocked and some trains were stopped Thursday as BJP and VHP workers took to the streets in support of their shutdown to protest revocation of the land allotment to the Amarnath shrine.
Gujarat BJP to stay away from shutdown
by
Bhavesh
on Thu 03 Jul 2008 12:47 PM IST
Gujarat's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) said Thursday it would not join the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) in the shutdown against the cancellation of allotment of land to the Amarnath shrine board in Jammu and Kashmir.
Samajwadi Party shatters AGP's grand alliance plan
by
Bhavesh
on Thu 03 Jul 2008 12:35 PM IST
The grand alliance plan of the Asom Gana Parishad (AGP), Assam's main opposition party and the flag-bearer of regionalism, is on the verge of collapse with the Samajwadi Party (SP) inching closer to the Congress.
BJP, VHP shutdown brings Assam to a standstill
by
Bhavesh
on Thu 03 Jul 2008 12:20 PM IST
Normal life came to a standstill in Assam Thursday following a dawn-to-dusk shutdown enforced by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) to protest the Jammu and Kahsmir government's decision to cancel
Hiccups in new Congress-Samajwadi Party friendship (Political Prattle)
by
Bhavesh
on Thu 03 Jul 2008 12:18 PM IST
Burying the hatchet with an adversary of the past is not easy, and Congress leaders are realising this even before the ink has dried on its new parchment of friendship with the Samajwadi Party.
Mulayam saving party's skin?
by
Bhavesh
on Thu 03 Jul 2008 12:16 PM IST
Whatever his public posture may be, Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav, in closed-door meetings with the Left, has laid bare his real compulsions for supporting the Congress.
BJP shutdown: violence in some states, quiet in others
by
Bhavesh
on Thu 03 Jul 2008 12:06 PM IST
Several highways were blocked, some trains were stopped and thousands of commuters suffered Thursday as a BJP-VHP sponsored shutdown against the decision to cancel land allotted to the Amarnath shrine in Jammu and Kashmir hit.
Congress denies receiving Samajwadi Party wish-list
by
Bhavesh
on Thu 03 Jul 2008 12:03 PM IST
The Congress denied Thursday receiving any 'wish-list' from the Samajwadi Party as a quid pro quo to prop up Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's government if and when the Left withdraws support over the India-US nuclear deal.
Storm in UNPA over Congress-Samajwadi ties
by
Bhavesh
on Thu 03 Jul 2008 11:59 AM IST
India's already shaky Third Front was in ferment Thursday over the decision of one of its key members, the Samajwadi Party, to prop up the Congress-led government.
Yasin Malik to meet Hindu pilgrims in Kashmir
by
Bhavesh
on Thu 03 Jul 2008 11:54 AM IST
Yasin Malik, chairman of the Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF), Thursday left with dozens of his supporters to meet Amarnath pilgrims to 're-assure them that Kashmiris are not against the pilgrimage' nor do they 'favour.
UNPA raises 'doubts' about India-US nuclear deal
by
Bhavesh
on Thu 03 Jul 2008 10:15 AM IST
In a seeming setback to the developing Congress-Samajwadi Party ties, a coalition of regional parties Thursday demanded an independent body to examine 'doubts' over the India-US nuclear deal.
BJP to continue agitation on Amarnath land allotment issue
by
Bhavesh
on Thu 03 Jul 2008 10:11 AM IST
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) announced Thursday that it would continue to protest the revocation of land allotment to the Amarnath shrine board in Jammu and Kashmir by holding rallies all over the country. |
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